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Construction for SpaceX’s Florida project is ready to launch

Written By Mariah Moore

Florida’s Kennedy Space Center could see construction on a new SpaceX facility break ground as early as April, according to a document published with the Federal Aviation Administration and reported by Florida Today. This latest project, called Starship Gigabay, will be located near SpaceX’s Roberts Road facilities within a security gate part of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, with construction concealed from the general public. 

A SpaceX rocket launches on the CRS-10 resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Led by Elon Musk, President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency head, SpaceX already has one Megabay situated in Texas. The Gigabay in Florida would be used similarly for stacking and preparing the firm’s 232-foot-tall Super Heavy Rockets. 

“The project includes at least $1.8 billion of SpaceX capital investment and will bring an estimated 600 new full-time jobs in the Space Coast by 2030,” said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ office in a recent statement.

When fully stacked, the Starship rockets reach over 400 feet in height, just short of NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building, which stands 525 feet tall. At its full height, the Starship Gigabay will be a recognizable feature from a distance while passers-by approach Cape Canaveral.

Construction on the Starship Gigabay is set to commence in April 2025 and wrap up in August 2026. NASA’s Artemis III mission is projected to utilize the Gigabay as a lunar lander for humans as early as 2027. SpaceX is ambitiously pushing to launch an unmanned Starship to Mars in late 2026. 

Although the Starship is said to carry up to 100 crew members at once, it has yet to fly any crewed missions. In the near future, it will be used to deploy satellites like SpaceX’s Starlink. However, it failed in its January flight when the rocket broke down above the Turks and Caicos Islands. 

SpaceX’s future goals are highly ambitious, and with many astronaut missions, timelines will likely be revised several times.

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